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January 08, 2016

Winter Warrior Challenge 2015 wrap-up

This December, Bicyclists in the Iowa City/Coralville community participated in the University of Iowa's Winter Warrior Challenge, showing that riding a bike is healthy, fun and environmentally-sound way to commute to work or class, even in winter.

The UI Bike Advisory Committee encouraged people to bike to work or class as long as they felt safe and comfortable from Nov. 30 to Dec. 21. Cyclists logged their trips and mileage, competing for winter bike gear and services from local bike shops. The 41 Winter Warriors logged 2,470 miles and 703 trips.

It was a great time to bike with higher than normal temperatures! Even though the challenge was only for two weeks, you can still bike after the challenge ends! We heard from many participants who bike year-round. See these tips for finding the right protective clothing and gear, selection of equipment and safe biking in varied weather conditions.

Thanks to all our sponsors who provided some great prizes!

Winners

Most miles biked/prize

  1. 207.5-Brandt Uitermarkt, Fat Bike rental for one weekend from World of Bikes
  2. 163-Matt Harmston, $50 gift certificate to Iowa City Bike Library
    1. 132.6, Jacob McLaughlin, Iowa Hawkeye Sweatshirt, Skull Candy gloves;

132-Dongwang Lui, Hawkeye t-shirt from UniversiTees, water bottle (a very close tie)

Most trips/prize:

  1. 54-Brant Uitermarkt, Iowa City Bike Library jersey
  2. 35-Russell Buri, Spring bike tune-up from Broken Spoke
  3. 33-Duane Staskal, $20 gift certificate from Ride restaurant

Overall/prize:

  1. Brandt Uitermarkt, Flash Fitness+Sleep Monitor from Iowa Hawk Shop
  2. Russell Buri, $10 Active Endeavors gift card, Hawkeye t-shirt from UniversiTees
  3. Duane Staskal, $10 gift certificate to Active Endeavors, Hawkeye tumbler

The Winter Warriors also entered photo contests showing them bundled up and ready to ride. Winners of the photo challenge received a $10 gift card to Active Endeavors; their pics are posted below. See all the photo challenge entries on Flickr.

IMG 2170 brant u river 2     snowbeard brenton   Snow Bike on Bridge

Brandt Uitermarkt                                                                         Matthew Brenton                                Jacob McLaughlin